Snow Data support for API

[MonyMony]

For some weather data software, like WeatherCat, you can add in daily snow totals. Then the software allows this snow data to be pulled via a variable for use in what ever manner might be wanted. I will put my wish out there to include this in the API so that the snow data can be automatically populated in Meteotemplate and I can avoid the double data entry in my weather software and Meteotemplate.

Oh, and snow totals on the stickers too.

[Jachym]

Hi,

check if meteotemplateLive.txt has data for SN and SD

[MonyMony]

check if meteotemplateLive.txt has data for SN and SD

Currently my version does not:

{"U":1513034276,"B":262,"W":1.600000000000000088817841970012523233890533447265625,"G":3.20000000000000017763568394002504646778106689453125,"H":81,"T":0.5,"HIN":37,"TIN":21.39999999999999857891452847979962825775146484375,"RR":0,"R":0,"P":1015.740000000000009094947017729282379150390625,"LW4":0,"SW":"WeatherCatV2.44B2","UTime":1513034276,"BTime":1513034276,"WTime":1513034276,"GTime":1513034276,"HTime":1513034276,"TTime":1513034276,"HINTime":1513034276,"TINTime":1513034276,"RRTime":1513034276,"RTime":1513034276,"PTime":1513034276,"LW4Time":1513034276,"SWTime":1513034276,"D":-2.399999999999999911182158029987476766109466552734375,"DTime":1513034276,"A":-2.100000000000000088817841970012523233890533447265625,"ATime":1513034276}

[Jachym]

Right, ok, in that case however Im afraid it wont be possible

[MonyMony]

I'm I correct that this is a limitation from WeatherCat and how it interacts with the API?

[Jachym]

Yes, the API already has support for this... theoretically. It is not used by any block or plugin because AFAIK no software actually uses it

[weather display]

weather display software does allow daily input of snow data
so that could be add to MT via the api ?

[Jachym]

This is a bit more complicated because it would have to be overwritten each time until midnight to get the value for the whole day. This would require changes in the api.php.

What exactly does WD report for SN and SD? Current values? Yesterday´s values?

[weather display]

WD has ability for a user to input current and daily/month/season
yesterday snow is also available
WD can also read live a lazer snow level sensor

[Jachym]

Yes, so what exactly is sent as SN and SD via the API? Daily as in "today"? "Yesterday" ?